Monthly Archives: September 2010

Taking part in NaNoWriMo

I signed up last night; after much consideration, I’ve decided to take part in NaNoWriMo – also known as National Novel Writing Month. It’s a 30-day commitment by writers to turn off their inner editors and just make forward progress on a manuscript they haven’t worked on yet, ideally completing a first draft between November …

September 28, 2010 – 10:59 PM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in NaNoWriMo | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Daydreaming about Outer Banks

Every once in a while, I like to daydream about how to treat myself if I reach certain goals. With my new interest in publishing on Kindle, some of those goals now seem reachable, and so the rewards more within my grasp. One daydream I’ve spent more and more time considering of late, because I’m …

September 26, 2010 – 10:53 PM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in creativity, Rants and asides | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Next big author interview: Amanda Hocking

Well, it’s time to announce my next big, massive, ridiculously detailed interview of an author. This time, it’s going to be the amazingly successful Kindle author, Amanda Hocking, author of the four-books-and-counting My Blood Approves paranormal vampire romance series, as well as the Tryelle trilogy and a whole lot more. In only about six or …

September 19, 2010 – 12:33 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in Amanda Hocking | Tagged | Comments (0)

Flash fiction?

When I was growing up, I modeled myself as the next Stephen King. Because I admired his writing skills, I thought I should operate in the same genre. As I grew older and more mature in my writing career, I’ve moved on to establish my own identity as a writer and no longer desire to …

September 17, 2010 – 1:45 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in Amanda Hocking | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Market your story, not your price

I’ve been a record over at Kindleboards.com later, in the Writer’s Cafe, and there’s been a lot of talk there lately about how to price eBooks appropriately “as part of a successful marketing plan,” especially as it relates to new and unknown authors. I’m going to suggest that making price the major concern of a …

September 16, 2010 – 1:24 AM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in Kindle | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Starting to grow attached to new cast

After spending over two years building up the cast of characters in my aborted mystery novel, THIRTY MINUTES OR LESS, putting that project on the back burner has been difficult, like moving away from an old, familiar neighborhood. Or like giving up my old, loved Sony Vega TV for a new Samsung HDTV. Even when …

September 4, 2010 – 9:16 PM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in writing | Tagged , | Comments (0)

MobiPocket works great

I decided to test out MobiPocket this weekend so that I can gain experience and confidence with it as a tool when it comes time to ePublish my first book; I used it to transform my MS Word document, a Torah commentary for the dual parashah of Nitsavim and VaYelech, into a Kindle-compatible format. Why …

September 4, 2010 – 9:05 PM | By Craig Hansen | Posted in Kindle | Tagged , , | Comments (0)